PREFACE vii 



the Meddeleher om Grfinland (Communications on 

 Greenland), more than fifty volumes of which have 

 already appeared: this publication, devoted ex- 

 clusively to subjects connected with Greenland, 

 reflects the greatest credit upon the Danish 

 Government. Free use has also been made of 

 information given to me in conversation by Mr 

 Porsild. 



Passages from the botanical and geological 

 portions of this sketch and a few of the illustrations 

 have been published in Discovery, for permission 

 to reproduce them here my thanks are due to the 

 Publisher and Editor of that Journal. 



The celebration in July of last year of the Bi- 

 centenary of the landing of Hans Egede in Green- 

 land was not only made the occasion of a royal 

 visit, but the event was marked by the publication, 

 at the end of 1921, of a comprehensive work 

 by several authors, entitled Grfnland, written in 

 Danish, and prepared under the auspices of the 

 Commission for promoting scientific investigation 

 in the country. 



Though it would be out of place here to enu- 

 merate the species of recent plants collected, I take 

 this opportunity of thanking the following botanists 

 for examining and determining our material: 

 Miss A. Lorrain Smith (lichens), Mr H. N. Dixon 

 (mosses), Mr W. E. Nicholson (liverworts), and 

 Dr W. J. Hodgetts (freshwater algae). Nearly 200 

 species of flowering plants were obtained, chiefly 

 by Mr Holttum : a representative collection of these 

 has been sent to the Herbarium, the Royal Gar- 



